A little Photo Contest Fun!

So 5 minutes for mom is hosting a Summer Fun Photo Contest. The winner will win $500!


It was hard to pick just ONE photo. But alas here is my entry.





Caity running back up the slip and slide. Nothing says fun more than kiddo's playing in the water. Be it water balloons, a pool, the slip n slide or a sprinkler. It's not summer, Not summer fun, without water sports.

It's Breastfeeding Week

And I thought, that since tomorrow marks 17 months of Nursing for Miss Izzie, that I'd take the time to make a special post.

It's so amazing to me the difference between my children. Caity, as most of you know, would not breastfeed at all. Nothing we did worked, the LC's couldn't help, LLL was clueless to get it going, and I ended up pumping. As Fun as that was, I was determined to make Breastfeeding work with Izzie, and amazingly enough it has! She's been a great nurser from day 1 and here we are at 17 months.

I thought she had weaned, but that only lasted a week. She is of course, not as big of a nurser now, as she was a year ago, but I know its good for her.

Some of my favorite things about nursing are the bond that forms. I am of course bonded to both of my children. But seeing Izzie's face when she's nursing, her sweet smiles, those are special. Plus I'm all about the convenience of not having to pack bottles!

I'll also always love my "Milk Truck" and "Milk Maid" shirts from Biltmore Baby .

Blog the Recession

Check out Motherhood Uncensored and her Blog the Recession idea.

What a fabulous idea. And she is totally right July has been a pretty craptastic month for a lot of folks. Including us, with finding out about Caity needing to go to Children's.


So go to Motherhood Uncesored and join in today.

Start clicking through on the blogs you visit daily and give those blog-owners the money from ads or just the giddiness that is associated with finding your numbers increasing, or comment love!

I am teh Ded

Our outside thermometor reads 115 degrees!


It's darn hot.

The girls are enjoying nana's. We will be home tomorrow and I'll reply to emails then!

Conversation with Jarhead

Emmy had her 6 month checkup this week. Apparently the doctor who saw her was concerned about her size. Obviously he didn't remember that she was premature. Of course she's not going to be the size as most 6 month olds --- she should only be 4 months!!!

I think an increase of over 8 pounds since her NICU release is a great improvement.

Silly Doctor

Thursday Thirteen -- Tru Fax Bout Bein a Parent

Thirteen Tru Fax bout bein a Parent #1 You can understand the title of this Thursday thirteen. #2 Your glass/cup/bottle will never be empty. #3 You will never get to finish a meal by yourself. (unless you wait until everyone is a sleep to eat your dinner) #4 Saying things like "Do not bite the cat's tail" will become a daily norm. #5 Remember those days of cramming all night long for tests or papers? Remember how you were able to crash when the test/class was over? Yeah -- you'll still have the lack of sleep --- only the chances of getting a nap are SLIM TO NONE. #6 You will find out that Laundry REPRODUCES in the hamper. Really it does. Apparently laundry is like rabbits in that regard. Go figure. #7 A shower -- A shower what is that? You will never again be able to take a REAL shower, at least not for a few years. AT get used to sharing. (No I don't mean like that) #8 Housework becomes a real chore. Because while you are cleaning one room, the kid(s) are messing up another. #9 You know what else reproduces while you are not looking -- DISHES. They are evil little things. #10 You will spend months trying to teach them to talk, and the rest of their lives wishing they never did. #11 WHY? WHY? WHY? Get used to it. You'll hear it a billion and one times a month. #12 Always have the camera ready and charged. You never know when a perfect photo op will arrive. (IE the perfect teenage blackmail fodder) #13 Kids are too smart for their own good. Spelling out words only works for a time or two, then they still know what you are saying. Trying to skip over pages in a book at bedtime -- HAHA no, they know every page, front to back and they know when you skip one.

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Updates before I leave.....

I'm headed to my mom's for the next 3 nights, so I'm not sure how much blogging I'll accomplish.

But I wanted to leave with updates posted.

So here goes:

Caity: Her VCUG and kidney u/s is scheduled for Aug. 14th @2:30. We should have results by friday.

Izzie: She's currently stable. Her anemia is better. We'll go in September to do a recheck on her lead levels. She's also putting on a little weight.

Late to the party, as always

But here is my MomDot intro.

1) who are you?

I am Kris. a 26 year old wife and mom.

2) how many kids? pictures?

I have two daughters. They are in my banner and splattered throughout my blog! But I have more, you can bet.

3) what do you blog about? why do you blog?

Mostly I blog about my daily life. Be it as a wife, a mom, a daughter, just me!

I blog to get it out. If I need to vent, its there. If I want to share joy, its there.

4) Something terribly interesting about you everyone should know

I aspire to be a writer some day.

Check it........

I've been hanging out with the mama's at Momdot off and on since they launched their site Monday.

Momdot is a growing networking site, a place for moms to list their blogs and get to know other mommy bloggers. But not only that. You get to learn about all the cool things from their sponsors, join in on contests and read more Daily doses of mommy life, thorough the eyes of another mother!

The point of this post, beside blatant advertising for this awesome site, and the wonderful ladies represented is this:


StrollerMama One of the awesome sponsors for Momdot is donating this seriously wicked awesome prize.

A brand new 2008 BumbleRide Flyer Stroller

And you get 5 entries to win if you just CLICK HERE

So get clicking. Join Momdot and see what the fuss is all about. And Try to win this awesome stroller

Why, yes, I am a little oddball

When I am cleaning, I HAVE to have music on. Yes. Music. Loud. Random Music.

So of course, an MP3 player is a must (unless I want to irritate the hubby and kidlets)


So for your chance to win an ipod (who doesn't want one of those) Visit SITS

Wordless Wednesday --- Visiting with an Uncle

Izzie Izzie Izzie

I do not think Crayola was on the list of approved ways to increase your daily calories.


And no, I don't care how "pretty" your diapers will be.



Note to Caity: Don't leave your crayons where sister can get them. She will eat them and you will have none

K thanx

My Dryer is Empty

Why is this something to blog about, you ask?

Because if you know me, you know that I am forever saying that if my dryer is empty, it must be broken. Yes, this is because I am forever doing laundry.

So this weekend, of course, the weekend, I am childless for a few hours, what happens to thwart my cleaning plans -- the dryer stops drying.


The mountain of dirty laundry will continue to grow until Paps, hopefully is able to fix the dryer later this week.

A launch party for a new blog! Check em out!

“Hey BlogoSphere! MomDot is so excited about our launch! We had been working hard to get going for August 1st, but with all the amazing support of mom boutiques and mom bloggers , we are ready to get the Party Started! We want you to come every day starting on July 28th with the party ending on August 31st, including prizes daily and feature bloggers , just in time to bang out the end of summer and into the school year. Don’t forget to list your blog for free and connect with other mommies on our forum!”

Neat thing

and I found it in a contest, of course.

Check out Sassy Frazz and their giveaway for a grobag! Awesome idea.

A trip to Children's is in our future

On August 14th, we will be heading to Little Rock for a visit to Children's hospital.


Why: Caity will be having a VCUG performed.


Oh Joy!

Will keep all updated on how that goes.

With all the recalls and other info

coming in these days. It's hard to know what's best for our children.


We, ourselves, have been making the switch to BPA free sippies and bottles. But the task becomes then to find one the girls will drink out of.


Here's a chance to win one to try.

Click here for a chance to win A Safe Sippy

Works for me Wednesday --- Shelving

In our house, where we have both girls currently sharing a room (Hey honey, can you get that addition up any faster?!) We have a lack of space in the bedroom. But no lack of toys, clothes, and all the other miscellaneous items needed in their room.

So we took a unused bookshelf, hung it on the wall (its safely hung and not moving at all!) and We use it to store cloth diapers, hats, bibs, burp clothes and any other random item that does not go with the toys or clothes in the dressers.



The items are out of the reach of the littles AND not stuffed somewhere looking ridiculous. That Works for me


Here's an old picture of the shelf

Another Cloth Diaper Contest

Yes, Another one.

Why?!

Because. I. Like. Cloth. And because it gets me an entry!


Win 12 Bum Genius Diapers Here

Yo Baby Yogurt

So, as most of you know, we've been told to increase Izzie's calories to try to get her back on her growth curve and put some weight on her.

One thing that a friend recommended to me was Yo baby yogurt plus cereal and Fruit. I was a little leary to try it as none of us really like yogurt. But I picked up some Apple and Mixed berry and Izzie LOVES it.

This stuff is awesome. She loves the flavor and taste. And I love the fact taht it has 45% RDI of Iron! And is a good healthy high calorie snack for her!

So go out and get some for your babies.